¹`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

¹በዚያን ጊዜ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መብራታቸውን ይዘው ሙሽራውን ሊቀበሉ የወጡ አሥር ቆነጃጅትን ትመስላለች።

²and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

²ከእነርሱም አምስቱ ሰነፎች አምስቱም ልባሞች ነበሩ።

³they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;

³ሰነፎቹ መብራታቸውን ይዘው ከእነርሱ ጋር ዘይት አልያዙምና፤

⁴and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.

⁴ልባሞቹ ግን ከመብራታቸው ጋር በማሰሮአቸው ዘይት ያዙ።

⁵`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

⁵ሙሽራውም በዘገየ ጊዜ ሁሉ እንቅልፍ እንቅልፍ አላቸውና ተኙ።

⁶and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

⁶እኩል ሌሊትም ሲሆን። እነሆ፥ ሙሽራው ይመጣል፥ ትቀበሉት ዘንድ ውጡ የሚል ውካታ ሆነ።

⁷`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,

⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እነዚያ ቆነጃጅት ሁሉ ተነሡና መብራታቸውን አዘጋጁ።

⁸and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

⁸ሰነፎቹም ልባሞቹን። መብራታችን ሊጠፋብን ነው፤ ከዘይታችሁ ስጡን አሉአቸው።

⁹and the prudent answered, saying — Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.

⁹ልባሞቹ ግን መልሰው። ምናልባት ለእኛና ለእናንተ ባይበቃስ፤ ይልቅስ ወደሚሸጡት ሄዳችሁ ለራሳችሁ ግዙ አሉአቸው።

¹⁰`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

¹⁰ሊገዙም በሄዱ ጊዜ ሙሽራው መጣ፥ ተዘጋጅተው የነበሩትም ከእርሱ ጋር ወደ ሰርግ ገቡ፥ ደጁም ተዘጋ።

¹¹and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

¹¹በኋላም ደግሞ የቀሩቱ ቈነጃጅት መጡና። ጌታ ሆይ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ክፈትልን አሉ።

¹²and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

¹²እርሱ ግን መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ አላውቃችሁም አለ።

¹³`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

¹³ቀኒቱንና ሰዓቲቱን አታውቁምና እንግዲህ ንቁ።

¹⁴`For — as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

¹⁴ወደ ሌላ አገር የሚሄድ ሰው ባሮቹን ጠርቶ ያለውን ገንዘብ እንደ ሰጣቸው እንዲሁ ይሆናልና፤

¹⁵and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

¹⁵ለእያንዳንዱ እንደ ዓቅሙ፥ ለአንዱ አምስት መክሊት ለአንዱ ሁለት ለአንዱም አንድ ሰጠና ወደ ሌላ አገር ወዲያው ሄደ።

¹⁶`And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;

¹⁶አምስት መክሊትም የተቀበለው ሄዶ ነገደበት ሌላም አምስት አተረፈ፤

¹⁷in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two;

¹⁷እንዲሁም ሁለት የተቀበለው ሌላ ሁለት አተረፈ።

¹⁸and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord`s money.

¹⁸አንድ የተቀበለው ግን ሄዶ ምድርን ቈፈረና የጌታውን ገንዘብ ቀበረ።

¹⁹`And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;

¹⁹ከብዙ ዘመንም በኋላ የእነዚያ ባሮች ጌታ መጣና ተቆጣጠራቸው።

²⁰and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.

²⁰አምስት መክሊት የተቀበለውም ቀረበና ሌላ አምስት መክሊት አስረክቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አምስት መክሊት ሰጥተኸኝ ነበር፤ እነሆ፥ ሌላ አምስት መክሊት አተረፍሁበት አለ።

²¹`And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

²¹ጌታውም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ ታማኝም ባሪያ፤ በጥቂቱ ታምነሃል፥ በብዙ እሾምሃለሁ፤ ወደ ጌታህ ደስታ ግባ አለው።

²²`And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.

²²ሁለት መክሊትም የተቀበለው ደግሞ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ሁለት መክሊት ሰጥተኸኝ ነበር፤ እነሆ፥ ሌላ ሁለት መክሊት አተረፍሁበት አለ።

²³`His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

²³ጌታውም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ፥ ታማኝም ባሪያ፤ በጥቂቱ ታምነሃል፥ በብዙ እሾምሃለሁ፥ ወደ ጌታህ ደስታ ግባ አለው።

²⁴`And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;

²⁴አንድ መክሊትም የተቀበለው ደግሞ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ካልዘራህባት የምታጭድ ካልበተንህባትም የምትሰበስብ ጨካኝ ሰው መሆንህን አውቃለሁ፤

²⁵and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

²⁵ፈራሁም ሄጄም መክሊትህን በምድር ቀበርሁት፤ እነሆ፥ መክሊትህ አለህ አለ።

²⁶`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

²⁶ጌታውም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። አንተ ክፉና ሃኬተኛ ባሪያ፥ ካልዘራሁባት እንዳጭድ ካልበተንሁባትም እንድሰበስብ ታውቃለህን?

²⁷it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

²⁷ስለዚህ ገንዘቤን ለለዋጮች አደራ ልትሰጠው በተገባህ ነበር፥ እኔም መጥቼ ያለኝን ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር።

²⁸`Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,

²⁸ስለዚህ መክሊቱን ውሰዱበት አሥር መክሊትም ላለው ስጡት፤

²⁹for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him;

²⁹ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋልና ይበዛለትማል፤ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

³⁰and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

³⁰የማይጠቅመውንም ባሪያ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

³¹`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

³¹የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ በሚመጣበት ጊዜ ከእርሱም ጋር ቅዱሳን መላእክቱ ሁሉ፥ በዚያን ጊዜ በክብሩ ዙፋን ይቀመጣል፤

³²and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

³²አሕዛብም ሁሉ በፊቱ ይሰበሰባሉ፤ እረኛም በጎቹን ከፍየሎች እንደሚለይ እርስ በርሳቸው ይለያቸዋል፥

³³and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.

³³በጎችን በቀኙ ፍየሎችንም በግራው ያቆማቸዋል።

³⁴`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

³⁴ንጉሡም በቀኙ ያሉትን እንዲህ ይላቸዋል። እናንተ የአባቴ ቡሩካን፥ ኑ፤ ዓለም ከተፈጠረበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ የተዘጋጀላችሁን መንግሥት ውረሱ።

³⁵for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

³⁵ተርቤ አብልታችሁኛልና፥ ተጠምቼ አጠጥታችሁኛልና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ ተቀብላችሁኛልና፥ ታርዤ አልብሳችሁኛልና፥

³⁶naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

³⁶ታምሜ ጠይቃችሁኛልና፥ ታስሬ ወደ እኔ መጥታችኋልና።

³⁷`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

³⁷ጻድቃንም መልሰው ይሉታል። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ አይተን መቼ አበላንህስ? ወይስ ተጠምተህ አይተን መቼ አጠጣንህ?

³⁸and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

³⁸እንግዳ ሆነህስ አይተን መቼ ተቀበልንህ? ወይስ ታርዘህ አይተን መቼ አለበስንህ?

³⁹and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?

³⁹ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ አይተን መቼ ወደ አንተ መጣን?

⁴⁰`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it].

⁴⁰ንጉሡም መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ወንድሞቼ ለአንዱ እንኳ ስላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ አደረጋችሁት ይላቸዋል።

⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

⁴¹በዚያን ጊዜ በግራው ያሉትን ደግሞ ይላቸዋል። እናንተ ርጉማን፥ ለሰይጣንና ለመላእክቱ ወደ ተዘጋጀ ወደ ዘላለም እሳት ከእኔ ሂዱ።

⁴²for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

⁴²ተርቤ አላበላችሁኝምና፥ ተጠምቼ አላጠጣችሁኝምና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ አልተቀበላችሁኝምና፥

⁴³a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

⁴³ታርዤ አላለበሳችሁኝምና፥ ታምሜ ታስሬም አልጠየቃችሁኝምና።

⁴⁴`Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

⁴⁴እነርሱ ደግሞ ይመልሱና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ ወይስ ተጠምተህ ወይስ እንግዳ ሆነህ ወይስ ታርዘህ ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ መቼ አይተን አላገለገልንህም? ይሉታል።

⁴⁵`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me.

⁴⁵ያን ጊዜ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ለአንዱ ስላላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ ደግሞ አላደረጋችሁትም ብሎ ይመልስላቸዋል።

⁴⁶And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.`

⁴⁶እነዚያም ወደ ዘላለም ቅጣት፥ ጻድቃን ግን ወደ ዘላለም ሕይወት ይሄዳሉ።